Comments on: It’s official: Wild move AHL affiliate to Iowa, Canucks purchase Peoriahttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/18/its-official-wild-move-ahl-affiliate-to-iowa-canucks-purchase-peoria/
ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:24:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: elvispocomohttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/18/its-official-wild-move-ahl-affiliate-to-iowa-canucks-purchase-peoria/comment-page-1/#comment-166065
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:39:01 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166065Damn, no edit: “bought by any AHL team” should be NHL, not AHL.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:36:22 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166063The Wolves are privately owned and are one of the more profitable teams in the AHL, they’re unlikely to be bought by any AHL team. The Blues will probably use them next year as their affiliate as the Blackhawks already have the Rockford IceHogs (the 3rd Illinois AHL team) as theirs.

If Peoria moves next season as is suggested by the Canucks purchasing them, that’d leave 2 Illinois AHL teams, Rockford as the Blackhawks affiliate and Chicago as the Blues affiliate.

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:28:08 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166059A little bit certainly, and with Chicago being a main flight hub you can see why you’d have a team towards the East. But, with the opportunity to move a team, you’d think somewhere closer rather than further would be ideal.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:50:05 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166040I’d also like to point out that the aeros organization that the wild are moving is older than the wild organization, so sit on that one Minnesota.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:49:30 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166039There you go. Blame the wild not the money hungry owner of the place they where playing.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:38:08 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166013I honestly don’t know what to do. I did love the inner state rivalry with the Stars and Rampage. The Aeros had Howes number hanging from the rafters. I just loved seeing Houston on a hockey jersey. And I’m tired of Minnesota telling me who to blame, it doesn’t matter, it’s done. The Aeros have awesome dedicated fans and they had no say in what happened to their team, so forget the Toyota center and the wild
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:18:31 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-166007Hey fellow Texan hockey fan, it does suck to lose your team. We here in Austin will miss the rivalry as well. Aeros had the coolest jerseys in the AHL to boot. Why not root for the AHL leading team Texas Stars now? We’d love to have you guys, and the first beer is on me! Only 2 1/2 hour drive, make a weekend out of it, and enjoy this fine city.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:26:49 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165990Don’t blame the Wild, blame Toyota Center
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:31:11 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165934The Canucks are moving their AHL club to Abbotsford? Next thing you know, the Canucks’ current AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves will be purchased by the Blackhawks to become their AHL affiliate!

All this common sense is giving me the creeps…

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:22:04 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165904This sucks, I think I officially hate the wild now. The aeros were the only way I could get high quality hockey in Houston, I went to their games I was a proud supporter, I rooted for the wild because they were made of Aeros players. Thanks for taking it away.
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:27:13 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165885Likely won’t be all that much less travel time, if any. Houston has a major airport hub. They have atleast one daily direct flight to every NHL city, multiple direct flights for most cities.

Des Moines only has daily direct flights to 4 NHL cities, and only multiple flights to Denver, Chicago and MSP. So if the team is away, that most likely means catching a connecting flight at MSP or O’Hare, and longer travel times with the layovers.

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:12 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165882Noooooooooooo! The Aeros have been my hometown team since 1992. I have seen them win the Turner Cup and the Calder Cup in this city. They are a great orginization within the community and have a great following here in Houston. They will be missed dearly.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:45:03 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165829It’s really no further than their current farm team in Chicago…
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:29:44 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165824Does Des Moines still have the Buccaneers? They weren’t AHL, something different but I remember going to those games as a kid.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:06:19 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165816Woo! Roooaaaaaddd triiiiiiiiip! And something worth going to Iowa for!
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:11:47 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165785sad to see the aeros go
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:08:51 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165784Hmm. Weird. I went in and took a look, should be working now.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:05:08 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165780Looks like the second link in the ‘Related’ section goes to an edit page we don’t have access to.

But other than that, it’ll be interesting to see what happens with Peoria. Gilman of the Canucks was recently in New York scouting options, and maintained the status quo about the Flames still having the Heat in Abby, but even still you’d think somewhere other than the far side of the continent would be a better choice.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:58:29 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1555299#comment-165779Will be nice for those Wild players brought up/sent down throughout the year. Becoming a trend for the Wild…less travel time in the schedule and less travel time on call ups/send downs.
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